Brazil top court ruling on Temer probe to await tape analysis
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Chief Justice Carmen Lucia Rocha decided on Monday that the Supreme Court will only rule on the suspension of an investigation of President Michel Temer when the federal police determines whether a key tape recording was e…
Britain won’t accept EU’s ‘obsession’ with ECJ in Brexit talks: minister
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will not accept the “one-sided” powers of the European Court of Justice as part of a deal to leave the European Union, Brexit minister David Davis said on Monday, criticizing what he called an “ideological obsession” with the…
Britain won’t accept EU’s ‘obsession’ with ECJ in Brexit talks: minister
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will not accept the “one-sided” powers of the European Court of Justice as part of a deal to leave the European Union, Brexit minister David Davis said on Monday, criticizing what he called an “ideological obsession” with the…
Venezuela prosecutor decries Maduro’s new congress plan, deepening rift
CARACAS/PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state prosecutor has panned unpopular President Nicolas Maduro’s plan to create a grassroots congress, deepening a rare public split among the ruling Socialists as two months of massive protests s…
Venezuela prosecutor decries Maduro plan, unrest worsens
CARACAS/PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state prosecutor has panned unpopular President Nicolas Maduro’s plan to create a grassroots congress, deepening a rare public split among the ruling Socialists as the death toll from two months o…
Trump sets out Mideast vision: backing Arab strongmen against Iran
DUBAI (Reuters) – The images from the same night broadcast around the Middle East speak as loudly as the words. On the one hand: the young people of Iran, dancing in the streets to mark the re-election of a pragmatist, men and women together.
Mafia boss shot dead while riding bicycle in Sicily
PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) – A mafia boss was gunned down while riding his bicycle in Sicily on Monday, judicial sources said, in what appeared to have been the sort of mob killing that has become rarer in recent years as dangerous figures have been lock…
Leader of Nigeria’s ruling APC party warns of coup threat
LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria has paid a high price to achieve democracy and will foil any attempts by those hoping to stage a coup, the national leader of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party said on Monday.
Trump meets the Pope: from trading barbs to seeking common ground
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Several days after Pope Francis was elected four years ago, he was criticised by Donald Trump for returning to the Church-run residence he was staying at in Rome to pay his bill in person.
Rouhani says regional stability impossible without Iran
DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday stability could not be achieved in the Middle East without Tehran’s help, responding to criticism of the Islamic Republic from U.S. President Donald Trump who is visiting the regi…
